Nick Clegg's pledge over a register of lobbyists has been met with cynicism by the industry.
23 May 2013
| by Alec Mattinson and John Owens
The lobbying industry is coming under renewed scrutiny through an undercover investigation into supposed links between consultants and all-party parliamentary groups.
The Conservative Party reacted to weekend reports that a senior member had described party activists as 'mad, swivel-eyed loons'.
The Local Government Association (LGA) is to lobby Parliament to defeat Eric Pickles' efforts to increase legislation governing council comms.
The APPC is widening its membership to in-house public affairs specialists in a bid to head off the possible introduction of a statutory lobby register limited to agencies.
17 May 2013
| by Alex Benady
After a period of political and economic instability, the UK Government wanted British overseas territory the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) to restore financial order. Last year, with minimal consultation, the Government announced proposals to introduce VAT at 11 per cent in the Caribbean islands....
Westminster Advisers has hired an associate director and two account directors after a strategic review and amid other staff departures.
The7stars has been appointed to work on ads that will be sent to MPs and appear in national press to support a lobbying campaign against biomass subsidies.
A stormy weekend for the Conservative Party on the issue of EU membership should not prompt David Cameron to stifle the debate, it has been claimed.
Apple has refused to give parental controls on its devices greater prominence despite pressure from the Department for Education.